The 2023 Newspaper Awards – Winners/Commendations
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NATIONAL NEWSPAPER PRINTER OF THE YEAR
The Fujifilm Premier Award for all printers of national newspapers printed by flexo
or coldset web offset
Winner
Webprint Citywest (Irish Daily Mail, The Irish Sun)
Highly Commended
Harmsworth Printing, Thurrock (Daily Mail)
Commended
Associated Print Holdings, Dinnington (Daily Mail)
Newsprinters Broxbourne & Knowsley (The Sunday Times, The Times)
Reach Printing Services, Oldham (Daily Express, The Guardian)
The Irish Times (The Guardian)
LtR: Will Hearn, Fujifilm’s national sales manager; Donagh O’Doherty, managing director of Webprint Citywest, host Geoff Norcott
NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEE/TEAM OF THE YEAR
The UPM Premier Award
Joint Winner
Weekend magazine project team
Harmsworth Printing
LtR: Chris Venables, UPM’s sales director newspaper publishing; Harmsworth Printing’s Weekend magazine project team
Joint Winner
Lee McCleneghen,
Reach Printing Services, Saltire
LtR: Chris Venables, UPM’s sales director newspaper publishing; Ronnie McLeneghen, production manager Reach Printing Services Saltire collecting the trophy on behalf of his son Lee
Commended
Aberdeen and Dundee teamwork
D C Thomson
Janet Brown, head of print operations
Guardian News & Media
Multi-print centre communication
Newsprinters
Community news teamwork
Social Spider
INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
The Resolute Forest Products Premier Award for all international daily and weekly newspapers published overseas
Winner
Børneavisen (Denmark)
LtR: Resolute Rorest products sales director UK & Europe Juanjo Sanz: editor-in-chief of Børneavisen Simon Thinggaard Hjortkjaer
Highly Commended
Financial Times
Commended
China Daily (Global edition)
El Diario Vasco (Spain)
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (Germany)
Heraldo de Aragon (Spain)
The Telegraph (India)
REGIONAL NEWSPAPER PRINTER OF THE YEAR
The Agfa Award for all printers of regional newspapers printed by flexo
or coldset web offset
Winner
Discovery Print (The Courier, The Press and Journal)
LtR: Agfa’s sales manager newspapers, UK & Eire David Bottomley; Discovery Print’s Guy Forester, head of operations and Craig Bertie, production manager
Highly Commended
Interpress NI (The Irish News)
Commended
Iliffe Print (Hackney Citizen, Hailsham News, The Voice, The Weekly Gleaner)
Mortons Print (Cage & Aviary Birds, Driffield & Wolds Weekly, Motorsport News, Teesdale Mercury)
Newsquest Oxford (Bucks Free Press, The Oxford Times, Watford Observer, Western Telegraph)
Newsquest Scotland (The Herald)
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
The Aktrion Atalian Servest Award for all national daily newspapers
Winner
Financial Times
LtR: Lyndsey Scott, managing director of Aktrion Atalian Servest; Matthew Garrahan Head of Digital Platforms & Strategy Editorial FT
Highly Commended
The Guardian
Commended
Daily Mirror
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Irish Independent
The Daily Telegraph
The Times
REGIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
The Newsprinters Award for all regional daily newspapers
Winner
The Yorkshire Post
LtR:Tracey Hart, Newsprinters commercial director; Mike Gaunt, picture editor for The Yorkshire Post
Highly Commended
The Press and Journal
Commended
Liverpool Echo
Oxford Mail
The Courier
The Irish News
WEEKEND NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
The Associated Print Holdings/Harmsworth Printing Award for all weekend newspapers
Winner
FT Weekend
LtR: Brian Lamb, print production Harmsworth Printing; Alec Russell, FT foreign editor; Janet White FT global print circulation director
Highly Commended
The Sunday Times
Commended
iWeekend
The Observer
The Sunday Telegraph
The Times (Saturday)
LOCAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
The Papermule Award for all local weekly newspapers
Winner
Cambridge Independent
LtR: Andy Murrill, editor of Newbury Weekly News collecting the trophy on behalf of the Cambridge Independent; Papermule director Mike Hoy; host Geoff Norcott
Highly Commended
New Milton Advertiser & Lymington Times
Commended
Bridgnorth Journal
Isle of Wight County Press
Newbury Weekly News
The Oxford Times
THE ICNN INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY
NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
The S&S Inks Award for independent community newspapers
Winner
The Peckham Peculiar
Highly Commended
The Bristol Cable
LtR: S&S Druckfarben owner and ceo Bauke-Jan Schuite; editor of The Peckham Peculiar, Mark McGinlay
Commended
Enfield Dispatch
Hackney Citizen
Hailsham News
The Ambler
Wells Voice
West Leeds Dispatch
NATIONAL SUPPLEMENT/MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR (WEEKLY)
The Paragon Customer Communications Award for all national newspaper supplements
and magazines printed any method
Winner
FT Weekend Magazine
Highly Commended
The Times Magazine
LtR: Nick Barbeary, director of client development for Paragon Customer Communications; Esther Bintliff, deputy editor FT Magazine
Commended
ES (Evening Standard)
Fabulous (The Sun on Sunday)
Saturday (The Guardian)
The Sunday Times Magazine
NATIONAL SUPPLEMENT/MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR (NON-WEEKLY)
The Paragon Customer Communications Award for all national newspaper supplements
and magazines printed any method
Winner
LUXX (The Times)
Highly Commended
HTSI (Financial Times)
LtR: Nick Barbeary, director of client development for Paragon Customer Communications; LUXX editor-in-chief Kate Reardon
Commended
Luxury (The Telegraph)
REGIONAL SUPPLEMENT/MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
The Walstead UK Award for all regional newspaper supplements and magazines
printed any method
Winner
Shropshire Magazine (Midland News Association)
LtR: Walstead UK group sales director, John Hearnden; Jim McFarland, head of production and operations, Midland News Association
Highly Commended
Greater Govanhill Magazine
Commended
Cheshire Life (Newsquest)
Devon Life (Archant/Newsquest)
Out & About (Newbury News & Media)
Velvet (Iliffe Media)
NICHE MARKET NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
The Collection Pot Award all niche market newspapers
Winner
First News
LtR: Wendy Carter, founder Collection Pot; First News Commercial Director, Katie Irvin
Highly Commended
Cage & Aviary Birds
Commended
Eastern Eye
The Stage
The Voice
TLS